Susan, I wrote:
>>>>Aside from being a confirmation of current scientific thinking, does it matter, >>>>from a scientific point of view, when the Master said that the human race >>>>started?<<<< You responded: >>I suspect that the reason 'Abdu'l-Baha gave two figures is because He was signaling >>the fact He was willing to go along with whatever science said. It is kind of like >>the Surih of the Cave, you know 'some say there were six and the dog makes seven' >>etc.<< Right. That is what I meant about it being a confirmation of (then) current scientific thinking. He was acknowledging the authority of science in its own magisterium or office. However, looking back at my message, I didn't phrase it very well. Mark A. Foster * http://MarkFoster.net http://CompuServe.m.foster.name ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
